A mischievous misleading message has been circulating on social media regarding scheduled Power Cuts and creating a point of panic in public. The state Power Distribution Unit, Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Ltd., has released a press statement regarding this. The Chairman Continue Reading
A piece of an article has been in circulation through online platforms by mischievous accounts, claiming AP Skill Development is about to start training people in butchery and provide professional training to interested candidates. The image further says the candidates will be provided with Rs.8000 as a monthly stipend. Cleverly, the article screenshot has been […]Continue Reading
An old image from the internet, being used for memes or to crack a joke on social media is very normal. But when a photo is being used with malicious intent and branded as Anti-Government, it is an offense. On August 7th, 2021, the concerned post was made and few subsequent posts have been monitored […]Continue Reading
A Twitter user named Rahul Anand (@Rahul_saffron) was caught peddling fake news on Twitter, about the TTD’s gold being used by the state of Andhra Pradesh. The entire tweet has no base and no logical ends. TTD Executive Officer Shri Jawahar Reddy strongly refutes the information in the tweet and emphasizes the concerning information to […]Continue Reading
A malicious message has been circulating on WhatsApp after the announcement of an extension in curfew in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The message claims during the extended curfew period, the relaxation time will be from 6:00 am till 10:00 am. The message also claims Andhra Pradesh stands second in the country in the number […]Continue Reading
A photo tweeted from the official Twitter handle of the Telugu Desam Party, showing the lack of oxygen in Andhra Pradesh, has been found to be misleading, as it is actually from Bhopal, MP. The photo was from April 2021, reported by various news channels, where multiple dead bodies were seen burning. The sensitive photo […]Continue Reading
In april 2019, almost 1400 Kgs of gold was seized by Election commission team and later handed over to TTD management. This news was posted by many social media handles at that time. Original news link: https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/officials-seize-nearly-1400kg-of-gold/article26869547.ece Recently few anti-social elements have circulated the same images and Continue Reading
A morphed video was released by Ex-Minister Devineni Uma on Twitter with a malicious intent of creating religious differences in society. The video has been shared on Twitter and a subsequent press conference has been done to influence upcoming by-elections in the Tirupati constituency. Link: https://twitter.com/DevineniUma/status/1379781524254466052 Our fact checking Continue Reading
తిరుమల కొండపై అన్యమత ప్రచారం అవాస్తవం తిరుమల కొండపై పాస్టర్లు అన్యమత ప్రచారం చేస్తున్నారంటూ కొందరు వ్యక్తులు సోషల్ మీడియాలో పోస్టు చేసారు. ఇందుకు ప్రభుత్వమే కారణమంటూ ఆరోపణలు చేసారు. అయితే ఈ సంఘటన జరిగింది అక్టోబర్ 2013 అని #FactCheckApGov తనిఖీబృందం గుర్తించింది. దురుద్దేశ్యపూర్వకంగా ప్రభుత్వంపై ఆరోపణలు చేసేందుకు ఫేక్ వార్తను ప్రచురించినట్టు నిర్థారించింది. మొండితోక సుధీర్ Continue Reading
A blasphemous video of evangelist Mondithoka Sudhir from 2013 was made to resurface on social media, in a bid to incite communal violence. Three handles have been identified for peddling the video, with an intention to stir communal tension in the state. Almost all the handles have tweeted the same video with almost similar text […]Continue Reading